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Mulilo is the administrative centre of Namibia’s Caprivi strip. The centre is strategically located along major transport routes linking the towns
of Livingstone in Zambia, Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, and Kasane in Botswana.
Land degradation
Soil erosion is the most widespread form of
land degradation in the basin accounting for
about 15 per cent of all degraded land in the
Zambezi River Basin (SADC and ZRA 2007).
Other forms of land degradation include
loss of vegetation cover, soil crusting and
compaction, declining soil fertility and siltation
of dams. The main causes of land degradation
are over-grazing, poor agricultural methods,
deforestation, forest fires, panning for minerals,
floods and droughts.
Land degraded by gold panning.
Soil erosion following drought.
Land degradation on slopes inMalawi.
© Manuel
Malaze
© Elton Laisi
© Elton Laisi